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COAT OF ARMS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The official symbols of a family, state, etc.
Synonyms:
arms; blazon; blazonry; coat of arms
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("coat of arms" is a kind of...):
heraldry (emblem indicating the right of a person to bear arms)
Meronyms (parts of "coat of arms"):
crest ((heraldry) in medieval times, an emblem used to decorate a helmet)
Domain category:
heraldry (the study and classification of armorial bearings and the tracing of genealogies)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "coat of arms"):
quartering (a coat of arms that occupies one quarter of an escutcheon; combining four coats of arms on one shield usually represented intermarriages)
